Value chain

We undertake seismic and exploratory drilling programs to identify the value and location of reserves and to inform our business and development plans.

We engage with our stakeholders and work to obtain regulatory approvals to responsibly develop and commission new facilities, well pads, wells and on-lease pipelines. We also plan for eventual abandonment and reclamation activities.

We extract our products from a variety of assets and process and transport it, usually by pipeline, to a marketing hub or refinery. Once a project or asset has reached the end of its life, we remove equipment from the site and undertake reclamation and remediation activities.

Once we get the oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) safely out of the ground, it’s either transported to one of our refineries for further processing or sold to other refiners, large industrial users, wholesalers or commodity purchasers so it can be refined into usable end products. These buyers are located all around the world.

We’re focused on finding new potential buyers, both in North America and around the world. With a variety of safe and economically viable transportation options, we can reach a broader buyer base and secure the highest sale price for our products.

Pipelines

Currently, we move our products on several pipelines across the U.S. and Canada. Pipelines are a safe, economic and environmentally friendly way to transport our products.

We are supportive of all pipeline proposals that would provide additional access to markets. We’re a committed shipper on the approved Trans Mountain Expansion Project and are a 35% owner, and the operator, of Husky Midstream General Partnership, which owns approximately 2,200 kilometres of pipelines, storage terminals and other infrastructure.

Rail

In addition to pipelines, we also transport our oil by rail. Rail transportation allows us to reach customers and refineries located in areas that aren’t connected to a major pipeline.

We own the Bruderheim Energy Terminal, a crude-by-rail loading facility near Edmonton, Alberta. A third-party service provider manages the rail terminal with the same rigour and attention to safety, environmental performance and operational excellence that we demonstrate in our oil and natural gas production operations.

Upgrading and refining facilities convert crude oil into usable products such as gasoline to fuel our vehicles, and petroleum byproducts that become the building blocks for the items we rely on every day such as asphalt, smartphones, laundry detergent, contact lenses and clothes. Learn more about our upgrading and refining operations.

Buyers of our refined products have operations across North America and around the world. This includes end-use fuel products such as gasoline, diesel or jet fuel, as well as products made from petrochemicals such as plastics.

We produce high-quality asphalt at our refinery in Lloydminster, Alberta. Our products include performance-grade, polymer-modified and recycled asphalts for building roads and increasing the pavement life cycle.

These innovations are rigorously tested in certified labs. Advancements we make in product development are supported by a research alliance with the University of Calgary.

Learn more at Cenovus Asphalt.

We are one of the largest producers of drilling and completion fluids in Western Canada.

Ethanol is produced from wheat and/or corn and added to gasoline as a renewable, clean-burning fuel that contains oxygen. Adding oxygen to fuel results in more complete fuel combustion, which can reduce tailpipe emissions.

Dried distillers grain with solubles

Dried distillers grain with solubles is a byproduct of ethanol and is sold as a high-protein feed supplement for livestock. More than 260,000 tonnes are produced annually by our two ethanol plants.

Learn more at Husky Grain.

We market natural gas, a clean-burning fuel used for home heating, industrial heating and power, and in the manufacture of organic compounds found in many common household products and building materials.

Petcoke is generated at our heavy oil refineries and is a stable solid fuel used primarily in power plants to generate electricity.

Sulphur is produced when sour natural gas and crude oil, containing hydrogen sulphide, is processed. It is used in fertilizer production, mining applications and to produce various chemicals.

We convert crude oil into transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel at our refineries. These transportation fuels are distributed across a vast network of wholesale and retail facilities to provide efficient, convenient access to vital transportation fuels.